Alley Oops: Look Out, Wisconsin!

Last weekend, we went to the Wisconsin Dells with our friends, the Bordners. I had never been before and I think we all had a lot of fun. We stayed in a suite and Miles, Brooke and Zach all slept in a room together. We thought they'd be exhausted after swimming all day and fall right asleep, but they ended up goofing off until almost 10 each night. That's what vacation is for, right?

Miles and Wes are really cute together. They don't talk to each other a ton, but seem to be on the same page with whatever they're playing.

Brooke and Zach are also very similar and have fun, too (they're together enough that they don't really have a choice, actually).

The water park was great. There were lots of small-to-medium slides that were good for Miles, and also some bigger, faster ones that Brooke loved. She has what I think is a healthy balance of adventure and caution. Neither Matt nor I was like that as a kid, so we're not really sure where that comes from. We'll take it, though.

One tube slide ended in a lazy river that she was also a big fan of. There was a family hot tub (gag) that she went in, too. When she got out, she said, "That was really relaxing." Guess she'd had a stressful week at preschool?

Miles is still in the getting-his-face-wet stage of swimming, so he liked the tube slide as long as Matt shielded his face when they hit the water.

Not the best photos, but you get the idea.

We swam Friday afternoon, Saturday morning, and Sunday morning. Brooke would have stayed at the water park all day, every day if we'd have let her.

Paige did great, too. She was content for me to hold her or to splash in the water at the water park and chilled in the suite with us the rest of the time. We stayed at Great Wolf Lodge, so the ears were a parting gift for each of the kids.